Dwarf snapdragons are easy to grow from seed and are best grown in masses as bedding plants. The spikes are too short for cut flower arrangements. Flowers may be classic (having two puffed petals that look like stacked berets) or azalea-flowered (fringed or ruffled). They often overwinter in protected areas up to Zone 5, and bloom best
in cool weather well into fall.

A short-lived perennial grown as an annual. First-year plants may overwinter with protection in Zones 5 to 7.

Ease-of-care:
easy

Height:
0.5 to 1 feet

Spread:
0.5 to 1 feet

Bloom time:

mid-summer

late summer

early fall

mid-fall

Flower color:

red

orange

yellow

violet

white

pink

May be single-colored or bi-colored.

Foliage color:
dark green

Foliage texture:
medium

Shape:

spreading mass

upright

Shape in flower:
flower stalks with upright spikes

The flowers are clustered on short spikes.

Special Considerations

Tolerates:

frost

Special characteristics:

deer resistant

non-aggressive

non-invasive

not native to North America
- Mediterranean

fragrant

Special uses:

Growing Information

How to plant:

Propagate by
seed
- Start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost. The seeds need light to germinate. Plants tolerate frost and grow best in cool weather, so you can transplant them outside before last frost date.

Germination temperature: 60 F to 70 F

Days to emergence: 10 to 14

Maintenance and care:

Pinch tips when plants are 2 to 4 inches tall to produce compact plants with more flowers spikes. Deadheading flowers as they wither and go to seed will encourage plants to produce more flowers later in the season.